1.
• anil gupta, IIMA, sristi.org
• Honey Bee Network and NIF
• anilgb@gmail.com
Minds on the margin are not marginal minds
Building Bridges across Boundaries:
emerging tensions in open innovation platforms

2.
Ethical fulcrum of empathy?
Where are the fertile grounds for
sprouting seeds of empathic
innovations?
Samvedana ke
sanskar:

3.
Should we open the door ?
How much, for whom

4.
Technology is like
words, institutions are
like grammar and
culture is like
thesaurus
Three pillars of
sustainability
How to build the bridge?
Who can/will build the
bridge?

5.
Honey Bee Network
founded in 1987-1988
A nameless, faceless innovator or traditional knowledge
holder comes into contact with the Network and gets an identity,
voice, visibility and viability of its sustainable vision .

6.
Honey Bee network
( 1987-88 )
A nameless, faceless innovator or traditional
knowledge holder comes in contact with the
Network and gets the identity

7.
Intellectual
capital
Ethical Capital
( internal regulations)
Social capitalSocial capital
Trust, reciprocity and third party sanctionsTrust, reciprocity and third party sanctions
External regulationExternal regulation
Intellectual propertyIntellectual property
( that part of ic from the ( that part of ic from the
commercial applications of which, commercial applications of which,
one can exclude others for a one can exclude others for a
given period of time)given period of time)
Natural Natural
capitalcapital
( ( commoditization ofcommoditization of
resources, stored,resources, stored,
sold, exchanged,sold, exchanged, Source: Gupta, 2001

8.
Without tensions, resonance is not possible
How much tension should there be in the strings of
sitar?
Tensions manifest vulnerabilities of the system
Vulenrabilities bring us closer to ourselves to face
the truth
Open innovations require acceptng the truth that
not all good ideas come from with in the system

9.
Five tensions:
a)Autonomy and agency
b)Accuracy versus affordability
c)Blue print versus autopoiesis (blended, bundled and
bridged innovations)
d)Institution led -user adopted to user-created or co-
created and corporate adopted-reverse innovation
e)Symmetrical versus asymmetrical open innovation
models
f)Long tail versus long nose,
g)scale versus sustainability

10.
Five potentials :
a)seek solutions for future unmet needs from with in
the company or outside
b)Do we serve these needs through existing heuristics
or discover new frugal heuristics
c)Should ethics be leveraged through efficiency,
empathy and excellence or through exclusion?
d)How do we harness the creativity at grassroots,
through buyout or through partnership or third parties?
e)Can David beat the Goliath through subterfuge or
innovation?

11.
Transformation is possible :
Story of five transformations
a)New Chemistry of sustainability equation: circular
economy:
b)From market led to market disruption: new forms of
alliances: TATA agrico and a small innovator, BUHLER, ST
Microelectronics, TATA Steel, TATA Chemicals, Yuvan
Longlife,
c) Frugal, friendly, flexible and futuristic heuristics
d) New models of learning from below: inverted model of
innovation-children invent, engg fabricate, companies
commercialise
e) New models of financing and co-creation – techpedia.in,

12.
Dimensions of Inclusion
–Spaces
–Sectors
–Seasons: stable to fluctuating
–Social segments
–Skills and knowledge
Inclusive Innovation

13.
Long tail of innovation (only a few
innovations achieve scale, a large number sell a few
pieces or in a few communities)
Long nose
of
innovation:
Take long
time to
come into
market
Room for
maneuver

14.
Extreme affordability
•Less material
•Local material
•Repairable features
•Upgradable features
•Aspirational connect
•Sticking to essentials
•

15.
Affordable
Accessible
available
high
low
H L
h
L
Assumption is that products or services are known, people are aware, but
can they afford these, access these and if can access, can they avail them,

16.
Material
Old new
method
Old
New
Use or applications
old
New
Innovation: at least one of the three dimensions should be New

17.
Frugality Imperatives
Material: frugality in quantity, replacement, maintenance, waste
recycling
Method: distributed, concentrated, iterative versus blue print, self-
correcting, local repaired or repaired from outside, or blended
Application: low end, high end, diversified or specialized locally
modifieable or only experts can fix or make, robust versus sophisticated
application, makeshift or permanent,

18.
Frugality is flexible
Frugality is friendly
Frugality is extremely
affordable
•Value chain redesign,
• reciprocal open innovation platform
Circular Economy

19.
Learning platforms
from concrete to abstract
1) Artefactual - replication of similar design
2) Analogic - metaphor to inspire
3) Heuristic - models of thinking
4) Gestalt - configurational of factors
Gupta, 2012, Own compilation
Four levels of learning

20.
Learning at four levels:
Higher the interlinkage,
greater
the depth,
diversity AND development

21.
Mohammed Usman Hanif Patel, Jalgaon, Maharashtra, class two
Artefactual level

22.
Student Team : M. B. Avinash ,T. Govindaraju, Carsten Schmuck, Elisabeth
Verheggen
Supervisor Name: Dr T. Aravind Govindaraju; College Name: JNCASR
www.techpedia.in
Analogic level
Self-Cleaning Molecular Material

23.
creativity, compassion, communication and collaboration
anil
Honey Bee Network
www.Sristi.org/anilg anilg@sristi.org
anilgb@gmail.com
www.nifindia.org
Techpedia.in
Autopoiesis at grassroots for
inclusive development
creativity, compassion,
communication and
collaboration

24.
Low Cost Wind mill
Mehtar Hussain and Mushtaq Ahmad, Assam
Over 35 units installed in salt farming regions
of Gujarat to improve livelihood of poor salt
farmers
New heuristics:
Maximizing output per unit of time and smoothening the flow are not always sustainable
Innovation by Mehtar Husain and Mushtaq Ahmed from Assam to Gujarat
Just
70
Euro
Stronger, durable version,
900 euro, saves diesel
worth 700 euro in one
season of salt making

25.
Heuristic level
Uniform flow versus flow in spurts
Is maximisation of output always good?

26.
GESTALT LEVEL
CREATING open source PUBLIC STANDARDS OF EXCELLENCE

27.
creativity, compassion, communication and collaboration
anil
Honey Bee Network
www.Sristi.org/anilg anilg@sristi.org
anilgb@gmail.com
www.nifindia.org
Techpedia.in
Autopoiesis at grassroots for
inclusive development
creativity, compassion,
communication and
collaboration

28.
Meghalaya
Technology is
like words,
institutions are
like grammar
and culture is like
thesaurus
Three pillars of
sustainabilityGESTALT level

29.
Will we have the humility to
learn from Ms Ram Timari
Devi
Champaran, jan 2009,
How else could have i
done it?
The only choice,

30.
Honey Bee 17(1 & 2) January-June 2006

31.
• Or shall we learn from genius of Puruliya

32.
Is this a skilled job? How can then she be unskilled?

33.
Thank god !, she did not know about
Maslow
Discovering Indian roots of thoughts that empower us by making us vulnerable
Bhabi mahato: an unrecognised creative genius

34.
No surface is too scarce, no place more
perfect for the expression of creative spirit
even on dung cakes heap

35.
Some principles of design, learned from
every day creativity, in kitchen, farms or
firms at grassroots

36.
The President of India honours grassroots innovators, launches
National Innovation Clubs and hosts an innovation exhibition at the
President’s house; NIF becomes an Institute of Department of
Science and Technology
Initiative to Institutionalisation

37.
The former President awards children innovators every year at the
IGNITE Award function by NIF at IIMA
Initiative to Institutionalisation

38.
Nisha Chaube
NOIDA
Bag with folding seat

39.
Arnab from, West Bengal

40.
Arnab, west bengal

41.
Survesh , tamilnadu

42.
Rudra Prasad Goswamy, 11
class, DAV Jharkhand
PEN TO CHECK
CONCENTRATION

43.
Oxygen /carbon
dioxide level
indicators in car
S R Valava, class 12,
AEHSS, DAE Township,
Kalapakkam, Tamil Nadu
Pratyush Kumar Sahoo &
Bikash Kumar Mallick,
class 10, Mother Public
School, Khurda, Odisha

44.
Respirometer
Innovators: V Atchara & K Preethi, | Nellore, AP & Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Uses
•To find out the lung expansion, contraction and oxygen carrying capacity of the
lungs
•To monitor the breathing movements
•To find out if the breathing is steady while a person is at rest
•To find out how does it change when one talks
•To find out how does it change when one walks/exercises
•To find out how quickly is the recovery in breath after exertion or exercise

45.
Puncturing mechanism for water
bottles
Shibajyoti Choudhury, 5, & Rajashree Choudhary, 6, Jabalpur, Madhya
Pradesh
To stop the reuse of the bottle after consumption of water, a stay-tab like
opening mechanism may be provided (like that in fruit juice cans) at the
bottom so that the bottle gets punctured.

46.
Alarm to indicate onset of convulsions/
seizures
Soumya Ranjan Behera, 7, Jagatisinghpur, Odisha
A device, which would indicate a fall, or a sudden onset of convulsions in
epileptic, other such patients or old people, through an alarm. The device
can be worn on the upper hand.

47.
Posture correcting chair
Kulsoom Rizvi, 5, Muzaffarnagar , UP & Tarun Anand, 10, Hardoi, UP
If a person is sitting on the chair in a wrong posture, an alarm will start
ringing and not stop until the person corrects the posture. The height of
the chair can also be adjusted using a handle.

48.
Mobile phone with inbuilt charger
Siddharthan, 11 and Karan, 12, Vellore, TN
There will be charger pin unit fixed with mobile which can fixed directly or
can be extend with the loose cable. Another advantage will be that a
person will not be able to talk while charging thereby preventing freak
accidents.

49.
Step lock system in bus
R Santhosh 11, K Rathna, A Nivashini, J Rajasekar, 10,
Tiruvarur, TN
The idea to stop bus from moving if people are standing at the steps.

50.
Low cost Braille printer
Santosh Singh & Khushwant Rai, 12, Jalandhar, Punjab
Braille printer exists in the market but at a price range that an
ordinary man cannot afford. For this they have extended the
functionalities of dot matrix printer with some modification to
make economical printer which cost around Rs 10000/- against
the market price of about a lakh.

51.
Adjustable electricity extension
board
Tenith Adithyaa,11, Virudhunagar,TN
It is a device which will eliminate the need of power strip and it has an ability to
power many device at a time comparing to the existing prior art. This device
has no holes for the plug like the present power strips. For that it contains long
parallel slots so it allows the user to plug, many plugs at a time in every angle.

52.
What is missing?
The realisation that there are
a large number of innovative
ideas at grassroots level
has not dawned on the
policy makers and thinkers YET
If the pervasive existence of grassroots
innovations is recognised,
should one assume that they could
go forward without risk capital?
play

53.
But …
… there are thousands of creative people everywhere in the world who
are solving social problems through their own efforts without any
external help
play
play

54.
Rider Induced bicycle
Mr. Kanak Das, Assam
Bicycle based sprayer
Mr. Mansukhbhai Jagani, Gujarat
Bicycle with gear
Mr. Jayanti J Patel,GujaratBamboo bicycle
Mr. Dodhi Pathak, Assam
Amphibious Bicycle
Mohd. Saidullah, Bihar
Bicycle based mobile spray pump
Subhas Vasantrao Jagtap, Maharastra
Multipurpose Bicycle
Md. Kamruddin, Rajasthan
Bicycle operated pump
Mr. Vikram Rathore, AP
Bicycle based portable Pump
Mr. Nasiruddin Gayen, WB
Bicycle based Innovations

55.
National Innovation Clubs
•Search: Celebrating the decade of innovation
by scouting and mapping the creativity and
innovations in the hinterland
•Spread: Disseminating/Cross-pollinating
innovations across spaces, social segments
and sectors
•Sense or Benchmark: Identifying the roots of
persistent problems and the mindsets that
trigger their continued tolerance in society to
solve problems
•Celebrate: Recognising achievers in different
social spheres

56.
Few Variations of
Bullet Santi / Handio

57.
Service at your door step
Sheikh Jahangir, Jalgaon, Maharshtra
Fortune at the Top
of the
Ethical and Innovation
Pyramid
Scooter mounted flour mill
Scooter based washing machine

58.
Being short of material resources, it is
inevitable that the Poor optimize
mental resources (imagination )
resulting in extremely affordable, frugal
and accessible
innovations
Md Rojadeen: Champaran, Bihar
cooker for coffee, frothy espresso
anywhere !!!!!!!!

59.
Bicyle Refrigerator For Rural Areas
Student/ Author : Sagar Chandrakant Gadkar, Amol Raghunath Kachare, Sanjay
Shivaji Kachare, Suyog Hanmant Jadhav
Guided By : Prof. S. A. Khot
College : Padmabhushan Vasantraodada Patil Institute of technology, Budhgaon,
Sangli
It is a 50 lit capacity, refrigerator which is powered by a rear wheel of bicycle. To
achieve the required rpm of compressor we provide a larger pulley of dia 20 inch on
rear wheel shaft through which pulley we run the compressor and achieved the
required output. Steady paddling of bicycle at 14 km/hr. for 30 minutes at an
ambient temperature of 35 C, brings down the temperature in box to 8 C.

60.
Andhra Pradesh
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Energy – new heuristics
Do we harvest it efficiently?
Can our mothers from the
North East and Southern
India teach us some thing
new?

61.
www.techpedia.in
• a portal by SRISTI (sristi.org) pooling
167,000 engineering projects by 400k
students from over 600 institutions
• engaging with youth

62.
Shanu Sharma, Vardan, IITK

63.
Image, Speech Recognition
and Speech Synthesis
for people with hearing and speaking disabilities
Saurabh Saket and Rahul Ranjan
Bhutta College of Engineering & Technology, Ludhiana

64.
Has any big company given you a fridge that also provides hot water,
keeps food warm and consumes less electricity?
Lpg gas based refrigerator
Chintan, Mayank,
Biren Mehsana
Hot water from fridge
Dhruv Mehsana
Exhaust pipe
cools drivers
cabin, Pune

65.
Innovation
InvestmentEnterprise
GOLDEN TRIANGLE for rewarding CREATIVITY
Leadership is
to take note of
ex ante and ex
post
transaction
costs and deal
with them
upfront,
If not, these are
transferred to the
weaker partner

66.
Milking machines
• Manually operated, semi
automatic and automatic
machines for milking cows which
can milk cows using a set of
reciprocating vacuum pump and
suction assembly unit
• Machine can milks 1.5 litre to 2
litres per minute.
Commercialization
• Over 5000 pcs are sold
• NIF signed MoU with Suntec Agri
Equipements Pvt Ltd, which will
sell 6000 pcs per annum through
their 55 Agrimart retail outlets and
600 dealer network spread across
the country.
• The cost of machine is 15-25k
Innovator: Shri Raghava Gowda, Dakshina Kannada, Karnataka

67.
Biomass Gasification System
Innovator : Shri Rai Singh Dahiya, Jaipur, Rajasthan
• Unique gasification unit and filtering mechanism.
Producer gas is cooled by water jacket/heat exchanger,
cleaned by a grit filter and a baffle filter
• Gasification Efficiency 60 -70%, Thermal efficiency:
25% (tested by MNIT, Jaipur)
• Available in capacity 5 -100 kVA, single and three
phase - open and closed (sound proof design, having
canopy) as per the requirement of customer.
• GE helped in value addition.
Commercialization:
• Over 170 units have been sold in different parts of
country; received the single order of 100 units from
Meghalaya (over 60 million INR), 30 units already
delivered .
• Eight units have been exported to
South Africa, Kenya, Germany, Italy
and Singapore.
• Price (15 kVA): INR 550,000 and 650,000 with and
without canopy, respectively

68.
Commercialization:
•NIF signed MoU with Tata Agrico
•Innovator will manufacture and Tata Agrico
will market the device through its outlets
•A batch of 1500 machines are delivered to
Tata’s and they have approved the Quality of
the product.
• The device includes a hemispheric knife
actuated by a hand operated lever, which
can chipped the buds of sugarcane.
• The chipped buds can be shown directly in
the field or nurseries may be grown
Sugarcane bud chipper
Innovator: Mr. Roshan Lal Vishwakarma, Narsinghpur, Madhya Pradesh

69.
Marine Inboard diesel engine and Z Drive
Innovator: B. Mohanlal, Aleppey, Kerala
Manually tillable Z-drive systemReversible reduction gearbox
To go along with gear box for diesel engine, manually operated
Z drive system is developed, which is manually tiltable and can
be locked at 90 degrees while landing. It also has reduced the
loss of power through horizontal shaft power transmission and
result in smooth drive and better maneuverability.
The diesel engine directly couples with two reduction gears
through flange coupling with engine flywheel. The
innovativeness lies in the application of helical gears with inner
spline cut with dual sided jaw and dog clutch. This provides the
smooth running and better power transmission for the marine
diesel engine.
NIF signed MoU with Matsyafed
Matsyafed gave an order of 100
machine sets – order value of about INR
68 Lakh.

70.
Yuvan Long life
Setup with Ensigns Healthcare to manufacture and
market herbal teas based on community knowledge
• Herbal Tea for Diabetes. Herbal Tea for
Obesity.
• Herbal Tea for Anti – Ageing.
• Herbal Tea with anti –inflammatory properties.
•Herbal Tea with Anti – oxidant
properties
• Herbal Tea for Hypertension.

71.
Making strategic breakthroughs
incremental innovations,
adaptive trials, user-led
modifications. ,
incubation
R & D with external
experts, new actors
and new arrangements
Product Development,
amplify the
form, features and
functions
Paradigmatic
disruption, discontinuity and
non-parameteric
approaches , sanctuary
model
Known
Known
Unknown
Unknown
Domain characteristics
Technologicalplatforms

72.
How to reward:
Portfolio of Incentives for Innovations
material-individual
Ipr or non ipr based
awards
Awards
R and d grants
Endowments
non-material-individual
Recognition
Honour
Memorial
material-collective
Trust funds
Venture and incubation
funds
Collective awards
non-material-collective
Policy changes
Pedagogic changes
Forms of Incentives
Material non material
Target
of individual
Incentives
collective

73.
Mind to Market

74.
Herbvate Skin Ointment
It is based on the knowledge of seven innovators from six
districts: Sabarkanth, Panchmahal, Dang, Mahsana, Patan
and Bhavnagar of Gujarat. Herbavate exhibits remarkable
properties against eczema and a variety of inflammatory
and infectious skin conditions.
Communities:
The innovators of Herbavate: 1. Amratbhai Shankarbhai
Rawal, Mehsana Gujarat. 2. Kunjubhai Kakadiyabhai
Bhoya, Dang Gujarat 3. Pujabhai Dabhi, Sabarkantha,
Gujarat 4. Karshanbhai Parmar, Sabarkantha Gujarat 5.
Laxmanbhai Pagi, Panchmahal, Gujarat 6. Lilabhai Rawal,
Patan Gujarat 7. Lakhabhai Becharbhai Khatana,
Bhavnagar Gujarat

75.
Innovator: Bhikhaji Kaluji Solanki
Field Trial Results
•Results indicate that the herbal preparation significantly reduced the grasshopper and larval population
(H. armigera and Earias vittella ) in Okra plants.
• Fruit damage in Okra was also controlled by NIF-BKS, which was at par with Chlorpyriphos @ 0.05%.
• Increase of 14 to 69% in number of branches was recorded as compared to control.
• Increase of 8 to 44% in the yield was recorded, maximum @ 40ml/L.
Botanicals for Growth Promotion and Insect Pest Control in Agricultural Crops

76.
Innovator: Jokhu Shah
•NIF-JS (6ml) significantly reduced population of H.armigera as
compared to untreated control.
•A reduction of 52% in mealy bug was recorded as compared to
untreated control.
•Reduction in fruit damage was recorded with NIF-JS @ 7.5ml/L,
followed by 10ml/L dose which was better than the positive
control.
•Formulation also increased plant height @ 6 ml/L .
•NIF-JS showed moderate larvicidal effect against Spodoptera litura
and Helicoverpa armigera larvae under controlled conditions.
Field Trial Results
Herbal preparation for controlling borers in vegetable crops

77.
Innovator: Kodarji Kaluji Pagi
• The trail was conducted on Okra in field conditions and data of plant
hoppers, larval (H.armigera and Earias vittella) population and fruit
damage was recorded.
•After 48 hours of spray there was significant reduction in the larval
population.
• Larval population/plant was 2.25 in untreated and 0.0 in NIF-KKP (25
ml/L) and Chlorpyriphos treated plants.
•The herbal preparation also caused reduction in fruit damage/plant as
compared to untreated control.
Field Trial Results
Herbal preparation for controlling pests in paddy, bajra and vegetable crops

78.
g2G
grassroots to global
Global GIAN – Building a Global Value
Chain for the Augmentation of Green
Grassroots Innovations

79.
Grassroots innovations find global markets …..

80.
Sales made internationally
1. Coconut tree climber- USA (Florida, Massachussets, California,
Hawaii etc.) Australia, Maldives, Sri Lanka, Brazil, Mexico, West
Indies
2. Pomegranate deseeder - Turkey, USA
3. Garlic peeling machine - Pakistan
4. Arecanut husker - Singapore
5. Milking machine - Phillipines, Uganda, Ethiopia
6. Resin grading machine - Peru
7. Cassava peeling machine - Kenya
8. Herbal growth promoters - Ghana

81.
Product queries:
Sl no. Innovation/product Countires
1 Coconut/palm tree climbing device USA, United Kingdom, Vietnam, Australia, Sri Lanka, Mexico,
Iran, West Indies
2 Entech oil expeller USA, United Kingdom, Australia, Phillipines, Canada, Kenya,
Colombia, S. Africa, Switzerland, Poland, Indonesia, Belgium
3 Garlic peeling machine Slovenia, USA, Turkey, Peru, Singapore, Iran , Venezuela,
Pakistan
4 Pomegranate deseeding machine USA, Australia, Turkey, Venezuela, Hongkong, Israel,
Netherlands, Thailand, UAE, Iran, United Kingdom
5 Cassava peeling machine Congo, USA, Benin, Nigeria, Kenya, UAE, Uganda
6 Aaruni tilting cart Uganda
7 Coconut defibring machine China
8 Coconut dehusker Mexico, New Zealand, USA, Philippines, Bangladesh
9 Lemon cutting machine S. Africa
10 Milking machine Bangladesh, Uganda, Ecuador
11 Palm leaf mat weaving machine Fiji
12 Rain Gun (Chandraprabha) Sudan
13 Tea making machine Bangladesh,
14 Tile making machine Bangladesh, Kenya, Rwanda, Ghana, Zambia
15 Trench digging machine Pakistan
16 Zero head water turbine Egypt
17 Arecanut dehusking machine Chile

82.
Culturally Alive India
www.sristi.org/cultural

83.
Solar Operated Car http://techpedia.in/project_detail.php?project_id=24
Eco-friendly vehicle http://techpedia.in/project_detail.php?project_id=27
Bio-bike http://techpedia.in/project_detail.php?project_id=34
Air-powered car http://techpedia.in/project_detail.php?project_id=38
Green building design http://techpedia.in/project_detail.php?project_id=178
Solar Water Heater http://techpedia.in/project_detail.php?project_id=191
Rain Water Harvesting Umbrella http://techpedia.in/stu_project_detail.php?student_project_id=2
Electricity From Noise Polution http://techpedia.in/project_detail.php?project_id=258
Bicyle Refrigerator For Rural Areas http://techpedia.in/project_detail.php?project_id=261

84.
Rider Induced bicycle
Mr. Kanak Das, Assam
Bicycle based sprayer
Mr. Mansukhbhai Jagani, Gujarat
Bicycle with gear
Mr. Jayanti J Patel,GujaratBamboo bicycle
Mr. Dodhi Pathak, Assam
Amphibious Bicycle
Mohd. Saidullah, Bihar
Bicycle based mobile spray pump
Subhas Vasantrao Jagtap, Maharastra
Multipurpose Bicycle
Md. Kamruddin, Rajasthan
Bicycle operated pump
Mr. Vikram Rathore, AP
Bicycle based portable Pump
Mr. Nasiruddin Gayen, WB
Bicycle based Innovations

85.
Emerging Models of Innovation
a) Building upon what disadvantaged people
are rich in: inability to live with
problems unsolved – overcoming inertia
b) Empathetic innovation: samvedana se
srijansheelta, kho kho model of
innovation (innovation relay)
c) Going beyond long tail, long nose of
innovation to turbulent innovation

86.
d) Inverted model of innovations: children invent,
engineers fabricate, and companies commercialize
e) Pooling of distributed ideas for innovation and
experimentation : uncommon from common
f) distributed mind management: www.techpedia.in -
transcending the limits of frugality
g) Moving blackboards: learning from unexpected
quarters
Emerging Models of Innovation

87.
Should accuracy be
traded off with
affordability?
Should design overtake
durability
Should desires be
preferred over
deserving
Trade-offs in
Inclusive
Developme

88.
Rethinking logistics for
sustainable future
learning from grassroots
innovators
anil k gupta
anilg@sristi.org
shall we join hands in learning from grassroots green innovators
fortune really lies at the Top of the innovation,
ethical, and value pyramid
thus, poor people are not at the bottom of all pyramids
Minds on the
margin are
not marginal
minds
anil k gupta
National Innovation Foundation, SRISTI, honey bee network, IIMA
www.sristi.org/anilg
www.nifindia.org

89.
How did it happen:
The journey…..
SOCIETY FOR RESEARCH AND INITIATIVES FOR
SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGIES AND INSTITUTIONS
(www.SRISTI.org) info@sristi.org
GRASSROOTS INNOVATION AUGMENTATION
NETWORK (www.GIAN.org)
NATIONAL INNOVATION FOUNDATION
(www.NIFindia.org) info@nifindia.org
anilg@sristi.org
The Honey Bee Network, an informal global social movement,
started in 1987-88,

90.
Creativity counts
Knowledge matters
Innovations transform
Incentives inspire
(not just individual, but also collective, not just
material, but also non-material)
Join the Honey Bee Network!
For rewarding indigenous creativity and innovation
www.techpedia.in, www.sristi.org, www.nif.org.in
anilgb@gmail.com